ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,482, issued on July 15, was assigned to JULIUS BLUM GMBH (Hoechst, Austria).
"Furniture drive" was invented by Andreas Holzapfel (Bregenz, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A furniture drive can move a furniture part movably supported relative to a furniture carcass. The furniture drive includes a housing configured to be at least partially received within a recess of a furniture panel of the furniture carcass in a mounted condition, and an actuating arm arrangement for moving the movable furniture part. A cover is provided on the housing of the furniture drive, and the cover has at least one laterally protruding, substantially ...